Rev. Jeremiah Wright, pastor emeritus of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, addresses attendees of the Veterans of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement Conference dinner in this file photo. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

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Jeremiah Wright and Barack Obama have not buried the hatchet. The AP has acquired a letter Wright recently sent to Joseph Prischak, the president of charity Africa 6000 International, telling him there was no way he could intercede for him with Obama. “No one in the Obama administration will respond to me, listen to me, talk to me, or read anything I write about them.” Wright wrote. “I am 'radioactive,' Sir.”

“When Obama threw me under the bus, he threw me under the bus literally!” The letter represents the harshest language Wright has used yet against Obama, and strongly suggests that Wright doesn't understand the meaning of the word “literally.” Prischak wanted Wright's help convincing Obama to release $87 million in frozen funds, sent to Prischak by Uday Hussein in 1990, to help quake victims in Haiti. (This is a revised version; the previous story contained an error.)

obama sucks anyway ... so does bush ....do u really think they give a rat ass about us ... there bankers ....this news is not important ... what about the deaths of our boys in iraq and afgan. helloooo what happen to THERES NO SOLUTION IN IRAQ (OBAMA) , over 350,000 of our army has brain damage , over 1,300,000 million civilian deaths and over 4,000 deaths of our fallen brave men and woman , and we have spent over $995,997,750,000 ( http://www.costofwar.com/)(htt... /) ........ so give me a break on this stupid story... and report on the REAL NEWS... by the way ...WHERES OSAMA BIN LADEN ????????????????????? IF THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT T.I , MIN BY MIN OF WHAT HE DID BEFORE/AFTER THE AWARD SHOW WE CANT FIND ONE MOTHERFUKER IN CAVES.... AGAIN I SAY HELLLLLLOOOOO...

northeast

May 19, 2010 5:58 PM CDT

I feel like I got mad about the wrong stuff when Wright first started making the airwaves. I didn't actually care that he was a lunatic; most politically religious people are. I didn't care that he had Obama's attention; again, politicians often listen to the last people on earth they should listen to. Wright was nothing new. "Chickens coming home to roost," while a controversial statement about 9/11, is at least defensible in the right context. I only got annoyed when Obama found out he was too politically inexpedient to keep around. At that point, so much for 'faith', tradition, or friendship. Bam. Ditched.

thezenhaitian

May 19, 2010 5:18 PM CDT

The press is making Wright the focus of this story, when it is an actually more complex and interesting story about someone trying to donate to children in Haiti. Rev. Wright has said almost the same thing in the past, using the exact same wording. Big fat deal.